Top 7 Reasons Progressive Andrew Gillum Can Defeat Ron DeSantis
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-08-30
Congressional representative and Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis shocks the nation by warning Florida voters not to "monkey it up" by electing African-American democratic standard-bearer Andrew Gillum. His racist move my backfire. | The post Top 7 Reasons Progressive Andrew Gillum Can Defeat Ron DeSantis appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/top-7-reasons-progressive-andrew-gillum-can-defeat-ron-desantis/

Black, Latino & Progressive Candidates Rise; Deep Divisions Exposed in Both Parties
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-30
Andrew Gillum wins in Florida; African American & Latino candidates win in Arizona and Florida; Progressives and Trumpites win, while deep divisions erupt in Republican party | The post Black, Latino & Progressive Candidates Rise; Deep Divisions Exposed in Both Parties appeared first on The Real Ne…
therealnews.com/stories/black-latino-progressive-candidates-rise-deep-divisions-exposed-in-both-parties

After Florida primary, Republican candidate makes racist attack
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-30
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis warned that his African-American opponent would "monkey up" the state's economy if elected.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/30/prim-a30.html

Canadian troops deploy to Mali to prop up pro-Western puppet government
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-30
Presented as an act of humanitarian charity, Canada's intervention in Mali is aimed at laying claim to huge swathes of Africa's mineral riches.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/30/mali-a30.html

Racism Quickly Becomes an Issue in Florida Governor's Race
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-08-29
The Democratic candidate says voters aren't looking for a misogynist, racist or bigot, while the Republican hopeful says voters shouldn't "monkey this up" by choosing his African-American opponent. | The post Racism Quickly Becomes an Issue in Florida Governor's Race appeared first on Truthdig: Expert Reporting, Current News, Provocative Columnists.
truthdig.com/articles/racism-quickly-becomes-an-issue-in-florida-governors-race/

Progressive Andrew Gillum the victor in Florida Dem gov primary
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-29
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–Tallahassee, Fla., Mayor Andrew Gillum, who touted his working-class roots and his progressive stands — such as Medicare For All and the Fight for $15 and a union — on the campaign trail, upset establishment favorite Gwen Graham to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Florida's August 28 primary. | Gillum thus becomes the third African-American — along with Maryland's Ben Jealous and Georgia's Stacey Abrams — the Democrats will field for governorships this fall. All are progressives, backed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC), Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., National Nurses United or all of the above. And Abrams picked up the endorsement, last year, of the Georgia AFL-CIO. | To put their nominations in perspective, only two African-Americans — Virginia's Doug Wilder and Massachusetts's Deval Patrick, both Democrats — have ever held governors' chairs anywhere…
peoplesworld.org/article/progressive-andrew-gillum-the-victor-in-florida-dem-gov-primary/

With His South Africa Tweet, Trump Became a Megaphone for a White-Supremacist Talking Point
Carol Schaeffer | thenation.com | 2018-08-24
With His South Africa Tweet, Trump Became a Megaphone for a White-Supremacist Talking Point appeared first on The Nation.
thenation.com/article/with-his-south-africa-tweet-trump-became-a-megaphone-for-a-white-supremacist-talking-point/

Ex-ambassador McFaul finds it 'weird' that RT reports on 'threats' to South African farmers
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-24
Former US envoy to Russia Michael McFaul said it was "weird" that RT was covering what he described as "threats" –in quotation marks– to white farmers in South Africa, retweeting a conspiracy linking RT's coverage to Fox News.
rt.com/usa/436794-mcfaul-south-africa-rt-fox/

NC's Sole Black Woman Historical Commissioner: Confederate Statues Don't Belong at State Capitol
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-23
Just two days after protesters tore down the "Silent Sam" Confederate statue at the state's flagship school, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the state's Historical Commission voted 9 to 2 to keep Confederate monuments on the grounds of the state Capitol. We speak with the African-American woman who dissented in the vote to keep the three Confederate monuments in place at the state Capitol. She also voted against adding historical context to the monuments. Valerie Johnson is one of only two black members of the North Carolina Historical Commission and the only black woman. She is a professor of wome…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/23/ncs_sole_black_woman_historical_commissioner

State Dept warns South Africa of 'wrong path' amid land expropriation row
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-23
Expropriation of land without compensation "would not be a good thing" and would send South Africa "down the wrong path," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters amid a diplomatic row with Pretoria.
rt.com/usa/436694-south-africa-wrong-path-trump/

In DeVos's Home State, Students Push for their Right to Literacy
Rann Miller | progressive.org | 2018-08-17
Literacy has been, and continues to be, a critical component of African-American liberation.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/michigan-students-push-for-literacy-right-180817/